Apron-supporter or suspender



(No Model.)

J. H. WOLF. APRON SUPPORTER 0R SUSPBNDER.

LNITED STATES PATENT res.

APRON-SUPPORTER OR SUSPENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,333, dated January29, 1895.

Application filed September 10, 1894. Serial No. 522,556. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JACOB H. WOLF, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApron-Supporters or Suspenders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an apron supporter or suspender, and moreespecially to a yielding connection between the rear suspender ends andthe main web of the suspenders.

The object of my invention is to produce a yielding connection that issimple, inexpensive and durable and one that will readily yield to thevarious movements of the wearer.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a yieldingconnection with a section of leather or analogous material, said sectionof leather to lie immediately against the clothing of the wearer inorder that the yielding connection may not come in direct contact withsaid clothing, thereby wearing upon and disfiguring the same.

My invention consists in a pair of slotted plates, a series of wirecoils connecting said slotted plates, guards around the ends of saidwire coils and where they connect with the slotted plates, and variousother novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the rear lowerend of a pair of suspenders, the same being provided with my improvedconnection. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear lower end of a pair ofsuspenders, said view being taken in the rear of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view on the indicated line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and lookingin the direction indicated by the arrow A. Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view of my improved yielding connection, the tape being shownin this view that restricts the movement of the wire coils. Fig. 5 is anelevation of the upper slotted plate of which I make use in carrying outmy invention, the same having the pin in position thereupon to which theupper ends of the wire coils are secured. Fig. 6 is an enlargedcross-sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 6-6 ofFig. 4. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of one of the guards of which Imake use in carrying out my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the mainweb of the suspenders; 2, the rear suspender ends which are formed ofthe ordinary web and provided at their lower ends with buttonholes 3.

4 indicates the upper slotted plate, the same being provided with therounded ends 5 and parallel longitudinal slots 6. Depending from thelower edge of this plate is a series of pairs of cars 7, these pairs ofears being alternately positioned upon each side of a longitudinallyextending pin 8. The lower ends of these ears are then crossed beneaththe pin 8, thereby firmly securing said pin in a horizontal positionbetween said ears. Before this pin 8 is passed through the crossed ears,or to the position as shown in Fig. 5, the upper ends of the wire coils9 are positioned around these depending pairs'of cars.

The pin 8 is now introduced through said coils and through the pairs ofears. Thus the upper ends of the wire coils 9 are securely held to theupper slotted plate 4. A guard 10,

'thesame being constructed of sheet metal and provided with ornamentedupper edges 11, is now positioned around the upper ends of the wirecoils 9 and the upper ornamented edges 11 bent together, so that theycontact with the slotted plate 4. Thus the guard 10 serves the purposeof covering the upper ends of the wire coils 9, the depending pairs ofcars 7, the pin 8, and at the same time gives a finished and sightlyappearance to the upper end of the yielding connection.

The lower slotted plate 12 is provided with the rounded ends 13,longitudinal slot 14, and upwardly extending pairs of ears 15. Thus itwill be seen that said lower plate 12 is in every way similar to theupper plate 4 with the exception that it is provided with but a singlelongitudinal slot and the pairs of ears 15 extend upwardly toward thedepending ears 7 of the upper plate. 1 A pin 16, a counterpart of thepin 8, is passed through the lower ends of the wire coils 9 thatsurround the crossed pairs of ears 15, thus firmly securing together thelower ends of the wire coils 9 and the upwardly extending pairs of cars15 of the lower plate 12. A guard 17, a counterpart of the guard 10,surrounds the ICO lower ends of the wire coils 9 and covers said lowerends, the upwardly extending pairs of ears and the pin 16.

A piece of tape 18 of the desired length is fastened at one end to thefirst pair of upwardly extending ears 15. From thence it passes upwardlythrough the first wire coils 9, from thence through the remaining coils,and has its other end secured to the last pair of upwardly extendingears 15. This section of tape is of such a length as to restrict themovement of the wire coils after they have been stretched a certaindistance.

The main web 1 is designed to pass through the upper one of thelongitudinal slots 6 in the upper plate 4. Passing through both of thelongitudinal slots 6 is the upper end of a section of leather oranalogous material 19, said leather being approximately as wide as theseries of wire coils 9. This section of leather 19 passes downwardly inthe rear of said wire coils to a point slightly below the lower plate12, and is secured to the rear sides of the suspender ends 2 by means ofsections of elastic tape 20. It is understood that the suspender endspass through the slot 14 in the lower-plate 12.

While a pair of suspenders that are provided with my improved yieldingconnection are in use upon a wearer, should said wearer bend forward orto such a position as to stretch the wire coils 9, the leather section19 being carried by the upper plate 4 will follow the movement of saidwire coils 9 as the sections of elastic tape 20 stretch and give. Thusthe leather section 19 always positions itself between the upper andlower plates and the wire coils and the clothing of the wearer of thesuspenders. The wire coils 9 being of approximately correct resiliency,said wire coils will stretch and yield to each movement of the wearer ofthe suspenders.

Throughoutthe specification I have spoken of the yielding connection asbeing applied to suspenders. It is obvious, however, that this yieldingconnection can be applied to aprons, belts, pants straps, and variousother places where such a yielding connection could be used. Thus itwill be seen how I have constructed a yielding connection that possessessuperior advantagesin point of simplicity, durability and generalefficiency.

What I claim is- 1. In a suspender, ayielding connection between themain web of the suspender and the rear suspender ends, comprising a pairof slotted plates provided with pairs of integral crossed ears, a seriesof wire coils, the ends of which surround said pairs of ears, pinspassed through the ends of said wire coils and through the pairs ofcrossed ears, guards located upon said wire coils and adjacent theslotted plates, a section of tape passing through the wire coils torestrict the movement of said coils, and a section of leather carried bythe upper slotted plate and covering the rear of the wire coils and theguards and slotted plates, the lower end of said leather section beingsecured to the suspender ends by sections of elastic tape.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair ofslotted plates, a series of wire coils secured to said slotted plates,guards mounted upon the ends of said wire coils and adjacent saidslotted plates, and a section of leather or analogous material carriedby the upper one of said slotted plates and so arranged as to cover andguard the plates, guards and wire coils from contact with the clothingof the wearer of the sus-' penders, or other article to which the deviceis attached.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. WOLF. Witnesses:

E. E. LONGAN, J NO. 0. HIGDON.

